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Botanical Name: Jasminum malabaricum
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Family: Oleaceae
Common Name: कुसर
Etymology - Genus: Latinized form of Persian name
Etymology - Species: Of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Native
Location: Mahabaleshwar, Mulshi
Description: This species of Jasminum genus occurs in high rainfall areas of Sahyadri ranges. The plant grows into woody liana.Simple leaf, arranged opposite and superposed, petiole is grooved.White flowers are grouped into cymose inflorescence.White flowers blossom in the evening and fade by morning. Characteristic very pleasant fragrance.Free linear calyx. Petals fused into a narrow tube with 5 linear-spiral, white petals. Two stamens are completely covered in the petal tube. Stigma protrudes out of the tube.Fruits are green, turn into shining black when ripe.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Straggler
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: This species of Jasminum genus occurs in high rainfall areas of Sahyadri ranges. The plant grows into woody liana.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, arranged opposite and superposed, petiole is grooved.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Obtuse
Lamina Margins: Wavy/Undulate
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description:
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Cymose
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: White flowers are grouped into cymose inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation:
Flower Description: White flowers blossom in the evening and fade by morning. Characteristic very pleasant fragrance.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Linear
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: Rotate
Corolla Appendages: na
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Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens: Epipetalous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 2
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Syncarpous
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 2
Floral Parts Description: Free linear calyx. Petals fused into a narrow tube with 5 linear-spiral, white petals. Two stamens are completely covered in the petal tube. Stigma protrudes out of the tube.
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Fruit type:
Fruit type Description: Fruits are green, turn into shining black when ripe.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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